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[5/7] Documentation: x86: Update smp_num_siblings/x86_max_cores description

Message ID 20220812164144.30829-6-rui.zhang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
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Series x86/topology: Improve CPUID.1F handling | expand

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Zhang Rui Aug. 12, 2022, 4:41 p.m. UTC 
smp_num_siblings/cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores are retrieved via CPUID EAX
bit_shift value, and they represent the maximum possible number of threads
in a core, and the maximum possible number of cores in a package.

Update the smp_num_siblings/cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores description in the
documentation.

Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
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 Documentation/x86/topology.rst | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
index 7f58010ea86a..c5eb5bc42380 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@  AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'.
 
   - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores:
 
-    The number of cores in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID.
+    The maximum possible number of cores in a package. This information is
+    retrieved via CPUID.
 
   - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_dies:
 
@@ -102,10 +103,10 @@  AMDs nomenclature for a CMT core is "Compute Unit". The kernel always uses
 
   - smp_num_siblings:
 
-    The number of threads in a core. The number of threads in a package can be
-    calculated by::
+    The maximum possible number of threads in a core. The maximum possible
+    number of threads in a package can be calculated by::
 
-	threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings
+	maximum_threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings
 
 
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